Another secret caption bill, this time to limit free speech.

Another caption bill with a surprise amendment added at the last moment (not available online to the public) that would limit the free speech of organizations like Tennessee Stands.

Speaker Cameron Sexton is targeting nonprofit organizations and working to penalize a 501(c)(4) if it speaks the name or uses the likeness of any political candidate for office 60 days prior to an election.

Download the proposed amendment here: https://tennesseestands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/HB1201-Caption-Bill-Amendment.pdf

Check out SECTION 13 on page 9. They don't want you to know what is going on in the General Assembly. They don't want accountability to the voters. They want secrecy.

Call members of the House Local Government Committee https://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/committees/local-gov.aspx and tell them to vote NO on HB 1201.

This is an abuse of power and an effort to control the narrative and limit free speech in the state of Tennessee. That cannot happen.